inspire

verbB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

inspires

V_ing/Gerund

inspiring

V_ed/pp

inspired

1.
(transitive)To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
2.
(transitive)To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
Elders should inspire children with sentiments of virtue.
The captain's speech was aimed to inspire her team to victory in the final.
3.
(ambitransitive)To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
4.
To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
5.
(archaic, transitive)To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
6.
(transitive)To spread rumour indirectly.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

beghast

Trái nghĩa

expireinhale expire

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English inspiren, enspiren, from Old French inspirer, variant of espirer, from Latin īnspīrāre (inspire), itself a loan-translation of Biblical πνέω breathe, from in + spīrō (breathe), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (to blow, breathe). Displaced native onbryrdan.